EU-Funding overview

European funding-programmes offer opportunities for collaborative and international activities. The EU-officer will support you investigating for fitting funding. Current european calls for proposals can be found at FIT für die Wissenschaft.

If you prefer to search by yourself you will find a good starting point at the EU-commission's website for Public contracts and funding. A guideline for beginners is provided on this page, too.

Following, you will find a short overview of the funding programmes most important for Johannes Gutenberg-University:

The 7. Framework Programme (FP 7)

• 7. Framework Programme
• Kooperationsstelle EU der Wissenschaftsorganisationen (KoWi)

European Research Council (ERC)

• The JGU's website about the ERC
• The ERC Homepage

European education programme

• EU-Portal at the DAAD

Further European programmes and funding

• COST funds international coordination and networking of national research-activities
• EUREKA funds transnational cooperations between Scientists and businesses
• The European Science Foundation (ESF) funds the networking of european Scientists by supporting conferences, workshops and research units